Community mobilization and household level waste management for dengue vector control in Gampaha district of Sri Lanka; an intervention study

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 479-487

  Abeyewickreme, W ^a   Wickremasinghe, A R ^a   Karunatilake, K ^a   Sommerfeld, J ^b   Axel, Kroeger ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b not available   (Switzerland)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti control; Community participation; Dengue vector management; Sri Lanka; Targeted interventions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEDES; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREEDING; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MALE; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); QUESTIONNAIRE; SRI LANKA; VECTOR CONTROL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84871947730     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000060     Document Type: Article

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